This article is about the Syrian village near Homs. For the Azerbaijani village, see Əbil. For the business immigration lawyers group, see Alliance of Business Immigration Lawyers.
Abil is identified the Roman era settlement of Abila Lysaniae.[3] The medieval Syrian geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi visited the village in the 1220s, noting it was "A village of Hims, lying near the city, to the south, and about 2 miles distant."[4]